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FLESH OF THE GODS: Elizabeth Olsen Joins 80s LA Thriller From ‘Mandy’ Director
The actress joins Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding) and Oscar Isaac (Triple Frontier).
REDUX REDUX: Saban Nabs Cyclic Sci-Fi Revenge Thriller For North American Release
The movie opens in later this year after bowing at SXSW.
THE EDGE OF NORMAL Casts Chloë Grace Moretz For New XYZ Films Serial Killer Thriller
Chloë Grace Moretz will star in the new thriller from the celebrated director of “Piggy,” Carlota Pereda.
KILL ME: Comedy Thriller Wraps In Utah, Adds Three To The Cast
Giancarlo Esposito, Aya Cash, and Jessica Harper join Charlie Day and Allison Williams in the new comedic thriller from writer/director Peter Warren.
[UPDATED] NEON BLOOD: Iko Uwais Reteams With Timo Tjahjanto For Indonesian Action Thriller, XYZ Leading EFM Sales
NEON BLOOD will be at the upcoming EFM in Berlin next week with XYZ Films launching world sales.
THE RITUAL Reveals A Chilling Teaser Poster Debut Ahead Of Spring 2025 Release
XYZ Films has set an April 18 theatrical release for The Ritual, the new exorcism horror thriller starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens. The company has also unveiled the first poster on Wednesday. Based on true events, The Ritual follows two priests – one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) – who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms. The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history. The Ritual also stars Ashley Greene and Abigail Cowen, and is directed by David Midell directs from a script he wrote with Enrico Natale who produces. The film is also produced Andrew Stevens, and Mitchell Welch. “David Midell’s grounded aesthetic is terrifying, authentic […]
THE TRIP: Cast Announced As Jorma Taccone Sets Sail For English Language Remake Of 2021 Norwegian Thriller
Filming is underway in Tampere, Finland for Jorma Taccone’s (Pop Star: Never Stop Stopping, MacGruber, SNL) new thriller, The Trip. Actors Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Timothy Olyphant, and Juliette Lewis are starring from a script by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney, which re-envisions Tommy Wirkola’s Norwegian 2021 thriller of the same name. Here, Segel and Weaving play a dysfunctional couple who head to a remote cabin to “reconnect,” but each has secret intentions to kill the other. Rounding out the cast are Paul Guilfoyle, and UFC Octagon legend Keith Jardine. XYZ is financing and producing alongside 87North’s Kelly McCormick (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, the Nobody franchise), Lee Kim (Dual, Get Away), and Guy Danella (Violent Night, Love Hurts). Taccone and Wirkola are exec producing with Karen Gillan co-producing. 74 Entertainment’s Jørgen Storm Rosenberg and Kjetil Omberg who produced the original are also on board and exec producing. The movie […]
Planning The Havoc: A Conversation With HOUNDS OF WAR Director Isaac Florentine
Isaac Florentine has firmly established himself as a director on whom diehard action fans can rely. Since the early 90s, he has consistently delivered films with breath-taking action sequences that rival, and in many cases, far surpass those in larger-scale productions. Beginning his career in the trenches of very low-budget martial arts film production, while also directing the English language inserts for various iterations of the long-running Japanese-import children’s television franchise POWER RANGERS; Florentine developed a style of filmmaking based strongly on clearly framed and edited, highly kinetic action set pieces. His quality of work in these areas, in less than optimal conditions, caused him to rapidly become an in-demand talent during the, then still thriving, world of “Direct to Video Store” film releases. He would not only collaborate with action cinema stalwarts Gary Daniels, Dolph Lundgren, and Jean-Claude Van Damme— he gave each one rock-solid, highly entertaining, entries into […]
HOUNDS OF WAR Review: Frank Grillo Evens The Playing Field In Isaac Florentine’s Leveled-Up Revenge Thriller
Hounds Of War arrives on Digital on September 20 from XYZ Films. The current state of Isaac Florentine’s directing career is a bit of a mystery these days. He still remains as a fixture among the cadre of take-home action fandom for most, particularly having sheperded the post-Walter Hill Undisputed sequels of DTV lore amid his 30+ year career proliferating some of the best in martial arts movie stardom. Interestingly, he’s had a few core signs during this period that he was maturing (or at least trying to) as a director, namely with films like Assassin’s Bullet and Antonio Banderas starrer, Acts Of Vengance. His latest now comes after wrapping things up with his Boyka-of-choice with Scott Adkins starrer, Seized, having since collaborated with leading man Frank Grillo whose name has been on the chyron of trade casting reports almost year round for more than a decade now, having worked […]
THE FURIOUS Doles Out The Fury In A Pair Of First Look Stills At Kenji Tanigaki’s New Martial Arts Thriller
A new Variety exclusive is out as of Friday along with a pair of official stills to help announce the completion of upcoming martial arts thriller, The Furious. The Bangkok, Thailand-set production is directed by action specialist Kenji Tanigaki (Enter The Fat Dragon, Sakra) and features a pan-Asian cast including mainland Chinese star Xie Miao, Indonesian star Joe Taslim, and Thai star Jeeja Yanin, along with Yang Enyu, Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, and Yayan Ruhian. Tanigaki directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu, and follows a simple tradesman (Xie Miao) who fights his way through a complex web of criminals and evil agents in a frantic attempt to win back his kidnapped daughter by any means necessary. Production hails from Edko Films Ltd. whose Bill Kong is joined by producers Frank Hui and Shan Tam, along with XYZ Films whose Todd Brown and Aram Tertzakian are exec producing next […]
HOUNDS OF WAR Trailer Sees Frank Grillo On The Run, And On The Hunt!
If you’re wondering what took so long for director Isaac Florentine’s newest action thriller to finally begin its release campaign, you’re probably not alone there. Rest assured, XYZ Films is hailing fans of the action cinema steward with a release on Digital set for September 20. Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick and Rhona Mitra star in HOUNDS OF WAR about the best military mercenaries money can buy. Known as ‘The Hounds’, they are sent on a final mission by their creator: a carefully planned trap set up to destroy them. The official trailer is now here, joined by the familiar key art and a small batch of stills to take in just beneath!
FULL THROTTLE MINDSET: XYZ Films Announces Cast For New Crime Thriller Filming In Late 2024
Josh Duhamel (Shotgun Wedding) and Lukas Gage (Road House) have signed on to star in Full Throttle Mindset, a darkly comedic crime thriller from director Patrick Brice (Creep) and XYZ Films. Based on an article in the St. Louis Riverfront Times by journalist Doyle Murphy, the film tells the wild true story of young burnout Blake Laubinger (Gage), who’s taken under the wing of a Midwestern tanning salon mogul named Todd Beckman (Duhamel). He soon learns his new mentor’s businesses are a front for a drug empire — one he’s now expected to partake in. Written by Jake Disch, whose scripts “The Adults in the Room” and “Gunfight” made the Black List, the film is billed as a gonzo cautionary tale about deluded American dreams and dark mentors. John Baker (Luce, Frank & Lola) and book scout Robby O’Connor will produce alongside XYZ, which is handling world sales and co-representing […]
FLESH OF THE GODS: Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac Tapped For Vampire Thriller From ‘Mandy’ Director
Kristen Stewart (Love Lies Bleeding) and Oscar Isaac (The Card Cou6nter) will star in Flesh Of The Gods, a new vampire thriller from Mandy director Panos Cosmatos. Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, 8MM, Netflix’s The Killer) penned the script he and Cosmatos storied, with plans to shoot later this year. Set in glittering 80’s Los Angeles, Flesh Of The Gods focuses on married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart). Each evening they descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic “Nameless” and her hard-partying cabal, the two are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence. Adam McKay and Betsy Koch of Hyperobject Industries are producing alongside Isaac and Mad Gene Media cohort Gena Konstantinakos. CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are repping domestic at the Cannes market this month with XYZ Films handling […]
THE FURIOUS: Edko/XYZ-Produced Actioner Sets Sail For Thailand, Xie Miao Leading Pan-Asian Cast
Production is currently underway for The Furious, a new Hong Kong-produced action thriller being shot in Thailand. Variety’s Patrick Frater cites producer Bill Kong’s (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rise Of The Legend, Jet Li-starrer Fearless) attachment as financier and producer via Edko Films alongside XYZ Films. The cast includes China’s Xie Miao (Eye For An Eye 1 & 2, Jet Li’s The Enforcer), Joe Taslim (The Raid: Redemption, The Night Comes For Us), Thailand’s Jeeja Yanin (Chocolate, Triple Threat), Yang Enyu (Eye For An Eye 2) and Yayan Ruhian (The Raid franchise, Boy Kills World). International action and stunt stalwart Kenji Tanigaki (Dennis Law’s Fatal Contact, Keishi Otomo’s Rurouni Kenshin franchise, Donnie Yen’s Sakra, Soi Cheang’s Walled-In: Twilight Of The Warriors) directing. When his daughter is snatched off the street, simple tradesman Konggu (Xie) fights his way through a complex web of criminals in a frantic attempt to win her back […]
KILL ME: XYZ Films Takes World Sales For Murder Myster Romp Filming Later This Year
Murder mystery Kill Me will be up for grabs at the Cannes market in May with financier XYZ Films on hand repping world sales. Peter Warren will write and direct the pic starring Allison Williams (M3gan, Fellow Travelers) and Charlie Day (Pacific Rim, Hotel Artemis) with plans to shoot later this year. Kill Me sees Day in the role of Jimmy, who wakes up in a bathtub after having tried to kill himself. Or, at least, that’s what it looks like to his friends and family. Jimmy is pretty sure he didn’t do it…Maybe. Williams plays Margot, the 911 operator with whom Jimmy teams up after she takes his call, in an effort to solve a vitally important whodunit: did someone try to kill him, or are they chasing the specter of depression? Day and Warren are producing along with XYZ Films, Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg for Dark Horse […]
THE RITUAL: XYZ Films Takes Worldwide Rights To Horror Thriller Starring Al Pacino And Dan Stevens
Al Pacino (The Godfather trilogy) and Dan Stevens (Godzilla X Kong) will star in exorcism horror, The Ritual. David Midell reteams with fellow creative partner on The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Enrico Natale, and directs from a script they wrote. Based on a true story, The Ritual follows two priests – one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) – who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms. The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history. The Ritual also stars Ashley Greene and Abigail Cowen. Natale is also producer alongside Andrew Stevens and Mitchell Welch. XYZ Films acquired worldwide rights to the pic. The label will take the title to the […]
HE BLED NEON: Joe Cole Action Thriller Adds Three
Rita Ora, Marshawn Lynch and Jack O’Connell are set to join Joe Cole in the action thriller, He Bled Neon. Award-winning music video director Drew Kirsch, who came to prominence co-helming videos “You Need to Calm Down” and “Lover” with Taylor Swift, will make his feature directing debut. Written by Tim Cairo and Jake Gibson (Lowlife, Night Patrol), and storied by Nate Bolotin, Cole stars as Ethan, who journeys to Las Vegas for the funeral of his estranged brother (O’Connell). Soon, he unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to confront his past as he delves into the city’s gritty underworld to uncover the truth, risking everything he holds dear in the process. XYZ Films (BlackBerry, Skywalkers: A Love Story, The Raid, Mandy) will produce alongside Two & Two Pictures (Under the Shadow, I Came By). He Bled Neon is the latest project from both companies who are also […]
FREE FALL: Zoë Bell Actioner Taps Zachary Levi To Star, New Zealand Shoot Later This Year
Celebrated stunt laureate and actress Zoë Bell is gearing up to shoot rock climbing action thriller Free Fall. Zachary Levi of Shazam and Harold And The Purple Crayon fame will headline the film with cameras set to roll in New Zealand later this year. Written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker, Free Fall tells the story of a father’s attempt to reconcile with his estranged daughter in New Zealand on a rock-climbing trip that turns deadly as an accident leaves them stranded hundreds of feet in the air. As a storm sets in, the two must fight against the elements and terrifying heights in order to survive. Free Fall also marks the latest project partnering XYZ Films and Auckland-based Tavake Ltd. (Madam) whose Tom Hern and Nua Finau are producing. Navid McIlhargey and Erik Olsen will exec produce alongside, Finegan, Parker and Levi. Levi is an accomplished American actor and […]
OSIRIS Teases First Look At William Kaufman’s New Sci-Fi Ahead Of EFM
The Channel director William Kaufman is back on radar as XYZ Films has just announced its world sales for next week’s EFM launch in Berlin with Osiris. The new sci-fi flick wrapped filming late last year with Max Martini, Deadpool 1 and 2 actress Brianna Hildebrand, LaMonica Garrett and Terminator franchise staple Linda Hamilton starring. In the film, a team of Special Forces commandos are in the middle of an operation when they’re abducted by a mysterious spacecraft. When they wake up aboard the ship, they quickly discover they are being hunted by a merciless alien race. Kaufman directed the pic from a script he penned with Paul Reichelt. Jon Wroblewski and Christian Sosa produced the film for Roosevelt Film Lab, along with Andrew and Isaac Lewis of Denton Film, and the aforementioned Martini, with Reichelt exec producing. “XYZ Films is the perfect partner who shares our sentiment for iconic […]
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